UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Also , Kelly's striking isn't close to Yanez' . Which is why I think Costa wanted to get him out early. But he won't have to worry about that with Kelly..he should be able to make this his fight. 

Yeah but I doubt this fight goes to the ground tbh. I’ve seen costa take guys down outside the ufc but I doubt he’d do it here. Kelley would throw up a triangle like he did against alquasi 

He's still young and sharp. Plus that reach advantage could do em justice. 

Yeah he has a gigantic reach for bw. I think he will win it’s just those little things that give me pause

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At the very least, it's the 2nd fight on the card so either I will chase that Round 1 prop from another pick or my night will start out with a bang.

But I'll tell you... there is no better feeling sports betting than correctly predicting a 1st round finish.  No other sport compares to the feeling of it.  Costa made it happen for me when he fought Journey Newsom so I'm hoping he does it again.  

* Edited at 12.08.2021, 12:37 PM ET *

I think there's gonna be a lot of first round finishes too. this whole card feels like its set for finishes

I don't get why so many people are confident in Tai Tuivisa to beat Sakai, I think it at least a dog or pass fight, And I'm personally picking Sakai with 60% confidence, Tai hasn't looked that good against a top 15 opponent yet,He got 30-27 against Blagoy Ivonov, Knock out Badly against Junior Dos Santos, And got wresle**** and than chock the **** out by Spivic,  He can easily smash cans like Harry Hunsaker, 2021 Stefan Stuve, Cyril Asker and Rashad Coulter, But I need to see him beat someone top 15 at this point, To pick him against a top 15, I will say Greg Hardy and Arloski wins are decent, But still nothing to write home about, As they are not top 15 guys 

People are ****ting on Augusto Sakai, But he's a solid ranked guy, He knock out Tybura brutally and won a close decision vs a guy who 30-27 Tai in Blagoy Ivonov, People ****ting on Sakai losses, He was outboxing Alistair Overeem for 2-3 round before gassing out, I don't think Tai could take a round off someone as awesome as Overeem, People think Sakai has no hands, He will surprise people if you think that

Also  calling Sakai chinny for getting knockout by Rozensruck is stupid, Rozenstuck is the 2nd hardest puncher in the UFC, It like calling every person Francis murded a ***** for not taking the power, Beside the Rosenstuck fight, His chin look good, I say they're a solid argument for Sakai having a better chin then Tai, Tai got Knockout by Junior Dos Santos, Dropped by Blagoy Ivonov and Greg Hardy did make him to the chicken dance before, Also Rozenstuck would also sleep Tai, 

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Overeem was shot in his last few ufc fights tho I would say

Shhhh, @Duck, don’t talk too much sense. You’ll scare the gambling addicts. It’s all about believe, conceive, achieve. If they just circle jerk each other enough that will push out the energy wavelengths into the cosmos to ensure the fights go their way.

Lol I do think sakai has a chance I'm not saying a walk over for tuivasa at all far from that

I mean shot? Why would you say that, what for losing to the champ, #2, #4, and #5 at heavyweight? And in reality he destroyed Jairzinho just as bad as he ****** up Sakai essentially.

Sakai didn't really beat Ivanov. I watched that fight live and no-face won by fence grabbing. He should have been deducted for it.

Anyway, they're both very ordinary heavyweights and I won't be surprised if either wins. I probably should take Sakai due to him having faced and beaten better guys, but I'm picking Tuivasa because Straya.

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I think Tai vs Sakai is going to be a good fight. Tho Tai has an advantage for just not giving a ****, and if he can take one of Sakai’s over extended shots to land one of his haymakers he may very well end this early. But I’m anticipating a decision actually.

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I think tai wins because he excels in brawls and I’ve noticed that Sakai will dart in and throw flurries of punches. Tai is pretty powerful so I think he could catch Sakai.

People downvote me all you want, Can't change the fact, Tuivisa never beat a ranked opponent and lost kinda badly to all of them, And he is fighting another top 10 guy now, That just facts, And like Ben Shapiro said, Facts don't care about you felling, So stay mad soyboys


I also for the record, I have no problem with people picking Tuivisa, I just hate people betting him as a favourte for the fact i said in the last post, I need to see to belive now, And I want to see it as I like Tai, He's awesome and a meme fighter

* Edited at 12.08.2021, 3:32 PM ET *

They're both so tough that it'll likely end up being a war of attrition and volume, and I have to pick Sakai in that instance.

Best path for Tai is to use his leg kicks. They're truly thunderous and he doesn't go to them enough.

UFC 269 Face the Pain has arrived

Emmett vs. Ige
Josh Emmett, TKO, R2
Gray Maynard Jr gonna squash em!

Sakai vs. Tuivasa
Tai Tuivasa, TKO, R2
Auggie will do better than the women beater but tai is too explosive!

Muniz vs. Anders
André Muniz, SUB, R2
Yikes

You guys are about to see a once in a lifetime ... 
Prime of his life - fighter - on Saturday Night. 
Oliveria will finish Dustin Poirier inside of 3 rounds with ease. 

Make any other bet and u will regret it.